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Turkey indicts Dutch reporter over 'terror propaganda'
Al-Jazeera ^ | 03 Feb 2015 | Umut Uras

Posted on 02/03/2015 1:15:27 PM PST by BlackVeil

A Dutch journalist based in southeastern Turkey has been officially indicted by Turkish prosecutors for spreading "terrorist propaganda" on social media.

... "The document refers to tweets and Facebook posts as well as her weekly column on Diken.com.tr, an independent Turkish news website," she said.

The Prosecutor's office charges Geerdink with spreading propaganda for the outlawed armed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) group that has been fighting against the Turkish state since mid-1980s. She is facing one to five years in prison. ...

(Excerpt) Read more at aljazeera.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dutch; journalist; kurdistan; netherlands; peshmerga; turkey
The Turkish govt is still more concerned about Kurdish militants than ISIS.
1 posted on 02/03/2015 1:15:27 PM PST by BlackVeil
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To: BlackVeil

That’s because the Turks created ISIS.


2 posted on 02/03/2015 1:19:00 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: BlackVeil

In other news, Turkey continues to supply weapons, manpower, shelter and diplomatic recognition to ISIS.


3 posted on 02/03/2015 1:21:00 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Bush / Clinton 2016! Clinton / Bush 2020! Uniparty Rules!)
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To: BlackVeil

Heads will roll...really.


4 posted on 02/03/2015 1:31:22 PM PST by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
The Prosecutor's office charges Geerdink with spreading propaganda for the outlawed armed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) group that has been fighting against the Turkish state since mid-1980s.

5 posted on 02/03/2015 1:33:09 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: BlackVeil

Do you think the pope would let us call for Crusade?

Sorry...playing a lot of Medieval 2 Total War lately.


6 posted on 02/03/2015 1:34:23 PM PST by AxeofCrom
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To: SunkenCiv

One the one hand, I wonder what the real issue is. I trust the Turk’s word these days about as much as I trust the word of the crack junkies that infest the south end of town here.

On the other hand, it’s about time that “journalists” learn that they do not live in a cause and effect free bubble.


7 posted on 02/03/2015 1:43:45 PM PST by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: dfwgator
That’s because the Turks created ISIS.

I am afraid you are correct - such evil. And all of the EU is linked in with this, through NATO, etc.

8 posted on 02/03/2015 2:02:19 PM PST by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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